Kai'Sa vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Kai'Sa
based on 11,031 Kai'Sa vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kai'Sa vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Kai'Sa vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Yasuo
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
Advice to Win Against Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Kai'Sa vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Kai'Sa in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several significant Kai'Sa versus Yasuo counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo..
Kai'Sa typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kai'Sa and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Yasuo?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when playing against Yasuo, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Yasuo.
While Kai'Sa does have a lower win rate than Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Kai'Sa also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kai'Sa into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Kai'Sa has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kai'Sa is a terribly counter for Yasuo. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kai'Sa against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kai'Sa on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Yasuo. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kai'Sa versus Yasuo build consist of Guardian Angel, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better versus Yasuo than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 46.0% battling Yasuo with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of beating Yasuo as Kai'Sa, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Kai'Sa vs Yasuo matchups, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.0% win rate overall.
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